Example sentences:Natural rights are those which appertain to man in right of his existence. Of this kind are all the intellectual rights, or rights of the mind, and also all those rights of acting as an individual for his own comfort and happiness -- Thomas Paine, Common Sense and Other Writings

In all matters of discovery and invention, even of those that appertain to the imagination, we are continually reminded of the story of Columbus and his egg.-- Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

and since Phillotson's success in obtaining at least her promise had become known to Jude, he had frankly recognized that he did not wish to see or hear of his senior any more, learn anything of his pursuits, or even imagine again what excellencies might appertain to his character.-- Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure

Etymology: Appertain stems from the Old French word apertenir which meant "to belong." The prefix ap- is a variation of the prefix ad- which means "toward."

The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on....

BAD start to my day. Spilled xsjr’s meds this AM, on the counter and floor. Got to work and spilled an entire venti latte on my desk. so i have been MOPPING pretty much since 5:30 am today! please tell me my day will get better?

Definition of APPURTENANCE 1: an incidental right (as a right-of-way) attached to a principal property right and passing in possession with it 2: a subordinate part or adjunct 3plural : accessory objects

Appertain sounds like (that means having the appurtenance of, and wherefore, being as how) a cheap wine made from appers and the word is probably related to entertain which cheap apper wine will do nicely, thank you.

(Note to Clara Staggerforth: Your recent essay on comparing appers and orangs is fine except for the finger painting with hot sauce)

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posted on 03/08/2012 6:56:30 AM PST
by count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)

You dog people can relate to this. The neighbors across the street are having some kitchen remodeling done so there are people going in and out and vans and saws and what not in use. My little dog is barking his head off at every move and sound he hears. I told him to hush, so he is uffing under his breath and glaring at me, tail down.

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posted on 03/08/2012 7:18:18 AM PST
by secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)

I let Missy out the door and there was a truck with workers gathered behind it looking over some papers on the truck bed and having an impromptu meeting. They all looked over and froze.....took them a full thirty seconds to realize she was all bark and no bite.....then they all went right back to their meeting and ignored her. She stopped barking when she didn’t have an audience. LOL

Jules spotted a TV dog to bark at yesterday. The Travelers one where the dog is being helpful, bringing in groceries etc. i said LOOK AND LEARN from him, it would be nice if you would be helpful around the house!

Home from doing and estimate and talking a nice highway patrolman out of giving me a ticket...

If it appertains to sanity
The idea won’t be common now-
Everyone is too busy muckraking
And putting lipstick on their sow

The powerful stench of wrongdoing
Is permeating the very air
As the ‘rats keep spraying Lysol
While pretending they don’t care

Obama is getting hit with so much
He can’t even keep up with it-
Someone should give him a hazmat suit
Before he is totally covered with s***

It is amazing how long dogs can keep finding stuff to uff at, isn’t it? Hours after a visiting neighbor has left here, Husky girl keeps uffing at every bark of a dog on TV, every crash when the cats knock something down playing, every time there is a scream on the music I’m listening to, etc. She will sometimes keep it up until dark, when I’ve settled in for the night.

I have a large Golden Retriever who never makes a peep. He’s owned me for 10 years, and I can count the barks on my 2 hands, usually because he has spotted a deer, ground hog, rabbit, or some other invader in the yard. He’d never bark at a person.

We took him with us to CA one trip and stayed with mySIL who had a boisterous yellow lab that barked all the time. My Golden ran aroud their yard and barked at the yappy Schnauzer next door. When we got ready to leave a week later, he hopped into the car and has never spoken again.

It’s handy that he’s so quiet because we take him to work with us every day. He doesn’t whimper either. He just fixes his big brown eyes on you until you give him a treat.

A+ for you! I just ticked off a slew of women on a knitting blog who were complaining about "women's rights" not being supported by the USA GOP and how they had rights to their own bodies, yadda yadda. I posted two lines sure to infuriate:

Conceived babies have rights too. Life is precious.

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posted on 03/08/2012 3:08:47 PM PST
by secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)

And good for you! If even half of those brainwashed women would really READ about what is being mandated, they would realize that it is really the slippery slope of government not allowing them to reproduce at their own will-like China’s only child law-so where will their rights to their own bodies be when they are forbidden to reproduce, forcibly aborted if they do and perhaps forced to become pregnant when it becomers obvious that there are not enough kids being born to pay the future costs of the entitlement society-anyone want to re-visit the good old USSR?

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